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Diabetes, inflammation can make your brain age faster, up dementia risk: Study

Diabetes, inflammation can make your brain age faster, up dementia risk: Study

The study, presented in the journal Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association, showed that diabetes, stroke, cerebral small vessel disease, and inflammation were linked to brains with an older appearance

21 December,2024 04:54 PM IST | New Delhi | IANS
Heart muscles can regenerate in some people, says study

Heart muscles can regenerate in some people, says study

The new revelation is an advance that may open the door to new ways to treat and someday may also cure heart failure

21 December,2024 01:41 PM IST | New Delhi | IANS
What is Stiff Person Syndrome and how this 52-year-old patient recovered

What is Stiff Person Syndrome and how this 52-year-old patient recovered

Initially, the patient’s condition raised concerns for possible spinal canal stenosis and vascular claudication, but after thorough testing, including MRI and Doppler scans, no such conditions were found. Later, a clinical diagnosis of Stiff Person Syndrome

21 December,2024 01:25 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Kolkata doctor saves passenger’s life mid-air on Kolkata-Delhi flight

Kolkata doctor saves passenger’s life mid-air on Kolkata-Delhi flight

The incident occurred on a Kolkata-to-Delhi flight on December 6, when a 45-year-old woman from Bikaner started experiencing severe hypertensive heart failure due to a long history of high blood pressure. With the aircraft being mid-air, every second was critical

21 December,2024 11:25 AM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Kerala's Jnanpith awardee M.T. Vasudevan Nair in critical condition

Kerala's Jnanpith awardee M.T. Vasudevan Nair in critical condition

Nair, a Padma Bhushan awardee, has left an indelible mark on Malayalam literature and cinema. He has won four National Film Awards for screenplay and directed seven films while scripting about 54 films

20 December,2024 01:56 PM IST | Kozhikode | IANS
One in every 127 people globally had autism in 2021, study estimates

One in every 127 people globally had autism in 2021, study estimates

Published in the Lancet Psychiatry journal, the results showed that globally, autism cases among men were over twice of those in women -- 1,065 cases for every one lakh men and 508 for every one lakh women

20 December,2024 01:38 PM IST | New Delhi | PTI
43-year-old finds relief from avascular necrosis with hip replacement surgery

43-year-old finds relief from avascular necrosis with hip replacement surgery

The patient has been experiencing avascular necrosis (AVN) of the femoral head for the past year due to unmonitored steroid usage for managing Covid-19 infection

20 December,2024 01:36 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Diarrhoea continues to be 'leading killer' among children under 5 and elderly

Diarrhoea continues to be 'leading killer' among children under 5 and elderly

Published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal, the study found that in 2021, diarrheal diseases -- infections that cause diarrhea -- were responsible for 12 lakh deaths worldwide, a significant decrease from 29 lakh deaths in 1990

20 December,2024 01:21 PM IST | New Delhi | PTI
Walking speed can predict metabolic health in people with obesity: Study

Walking speed can predict metabolic health in people with obesity: Study

The study suggests that a faster walking pace can prevent metabolic diseases in obese people

20 December,2024 10:13 AM IST | Mumbai | IANS
A world with free healthcare for all

A world with free healthcare for all

Would this dream be realised if we spent our collective resources on building systems for the common good and held governments accountable for upholding our fundamental right to health?

20 December,2024 07:34 AM IST | Mumbai | Rosalyn D'mello

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